29yrswithaGApass Posted June 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 ^ & ^^ You are both on the right track. Here's a hint: This was one of many and they were all different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Here's the answer to the latest question: The Old Country rendering was one of ten different style attraction posters specially designed for the 1994 season. These posters each illustrated a section of the park that awaited just beyond the park gates. These were installed on the left and righthand sides of the outer entrance plaza (ten on each side). Time Warner borrowed the idea from the Disney parks. Walt Disney always thought that entering Disneyland was similar to entering a theater. The outside mall was the lobby and the attracation posters in this area and in the tunnel portals leading to Main Street were used to promote the "coming attractions" inside the park. Main Street USA was thought of as the "red carpet" which directed guests to the show. Great Adventure's posters were short lived and were removed only weeks after they were added. Rain and the bright sun quickly took their toll on the posters and the framed cases weren't exactly weatherproof. For a couple of years a similar set of posters hung on the walls inside the Season Pass Processing Center when it was located under the Great Lake Grandstands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 QUESTION #24: Hopefully an easy one... What is pictured in the yellow circle? What was it used for and when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Kinda hard to see, but I think it has to do with ski show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 It does have something to do with the ski show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Spotlight Platform, or a camera platform. A "Crow's nest" Where a person would operate one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 ^ Yep, it's a platform for a spotlight. Why and when was a spotlight needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsDevs4Lyf Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 I'm going to guess it was used during the Lethal Weapon stunt show in the arena for a specific portion of the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Good guess but no, not needed for the Lethal Weapon Stunt Show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Well, it's obviously for a show that was at night. So i'm not sure but I will quess The Quest For Camelot Show. I think that was the show with the "water wall" movie screen. Although I have seen a patriotic themed show with the "water wall" movie screen also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 ^Another good guess, but it wasn't used for the Quest for Camelot show. It also wasn't used for the water screen projections. Those images came from behind out of the little shed under the Log Flume track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Didn't someone use a parasail from the stand durring the ski show? Was this used to highlligt there take off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Didn't someone use a parasail from the stand durring the ski show? Was this used to highlligt there take off? They did parasail but it wasn't used for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Since no one said this show yet i'll give it a shot. The Weekend Warriors Extreme Stunt Show. I know they parasailed and did water ski trick's, rollerblading, BMX and skateboard's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Well here's the answer.... Those platforms were used for spotlights. There were two of them- one in each of the top corners of the Great Lake Grandstands. When the Grandstands were built in 1983, the Water Ski Spectacular played five times each day - Noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, and 8pm on weekdays and 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm. and 9pm on weekends. The last shows of the evening were performed "under the lights" which lit up the lake. The spotlights were used to shine on the skiers as they performed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 (edited) I know no one will beleive me, but that was my next quess because it's the only other show I remember. And not even the name, I was going to say the ski pyramid show. Edited June 22, 2008 by Railer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 The ski show I think was by iar one of the best shows the park ever had! What ever happened to the mastercraft boats they used? Are they rotting away on the prooerty somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 MasterCraft was a sponsor of the water ski show so I don't think Great Adventure ever actually owned them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 You are correct. Later they were replaced by another brand...which I am totally blanking on for some reason. Now I have to find my old photos to figure out who it was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsDevs4Lyf Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Never got to see the ski show I don't believe which is a bit dissapointing. I'm surprised they don't bring something like that back. Maybe next year with the park's anniversary they go back to it's earlier roots . I don't think I would have gotten that either way though because I never would have guessed they did a show at night requiring lights for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Weren't Chris-Craft boats also used for some seasons? I miss the ski shows too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Yeah, I think you're right...Chris Craft was the other sponsor. It was one of those great subtle product placements where the announcers would say somethign like, "And here comes stunt driver John Anderson, piloting his Master-Craft boat, and lets hear it for the triple helicopter jump!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I think WellCraft was another boat sponsor of the water ski show too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 They should ask for a couple x2's they are the new mastercraft ski compotition boats, or get a couple malibu ski boats I'm sure you can get a few pros to come out for a summer and do a show again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted July 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 QUESTION #25: True or False: Before Batman, Robin had his own stunt show at Great Adventure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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